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In English
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web
Beschreibung:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- NOTE ON TRANSCRIPTION -- NOTE ON TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS -- Maps -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE ARCHITECTURE OF LITERATURE AND THE INTERPLAY OF VOICES -- 2. IMAGINATIVE PROSE-WRITING -- 3. ORAL NARRATIVES: TATSUNIYA 'THE TALE', AND OTHER PROSE FORMS -- 4. SHORT -FORM VERBAL ART -- 5. THEATRE AND MIMESIS -- 6. SONG AND FREELANCE POPULAR SINGERS -- 7. TIED SINGERS, SINGERS FOR COMBATANTS, FARMERS AND EMIRS -- 8. POETRY: FORM AND BACKGROUND -- 9. MODERN HAUSA POETRY -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Introducing poetry, prose, songs and theatre from Nigeria, this engaging volume blends translated extracts with a rich commentary on the historical development and modern context of this hugely creative culture. Examining imaginative prose-writing, the tale tradition, popular song, Islamic religious poetry and modern TV drama amongst other topics, this is a clear and accessible book on a literary culture that has previously been little-known to the English-speaking readership